For decades, the United States has been Israel’s strongest international supporter. Its assistance has been based on three pillars: a deep strategic security partnership between both countries; strong religious ties and shared values at all social levels; and a favorable public opinion maintained by strong lobby organizations. The result has been a level of great power support for an emergent and small nation that has few parallels elsewhere. As the Hamas attack on Israel of 7 October 2023 coincided with the tenure of a self-declared Zionist U.S. President, these ties have only deepened over the past year—despite the shift to the extreme right in Israeli politics and the carnage in Gaza. As a result, the prospects for change in America’s long-standing support for Israel remain limited. Yet, in a bid to extract the United States from the Middle East’s “forever wars,” a Trump Presidency may push for resolution of the Palestinian issue as part of a broader regional stabilization initiative that builds on the Abraham Accords, which would be hard to resist for Israel’s political elites. Meanwhile, greater student protests for Palestinian rights and more political criticism of Israel are unlikely to produce policy changes that bring U.S.-Palestinian relations on par with U.S.-Israeli relations.